Israel News for 11-3-2026

News Update

The political parties will start meeting with President Herzog later today, and each will make their recommendation as to who should be given the chance to form a government. The prevailing opinion is that the president will give Eisenkot the first try at forming a government, given that the Arab parties are expected to recommend him and the Ultra-Orthodox UTJ and expected to either also recommend him or no one, which would give Eisenkot more recommendations than Netanyahu.

Eisenkot’s bloc controls only 48 Knesset seats, but rumors indicate the possibility of combining either with the Arab or Ultra-Orthodox parties to form a voting majority, even though neither of those parties would technically be part of the government. Another option would be the formation of a unity government with Netanyahu’s Likud, but it’s highly unlikely that Netanyahu would agree to any scenario where he would not be Prime Minister.

Almost as important as what happens in President Herzog’s office today and tomorrow are the U.S. midterm elections taking place today. But that’s a different newsletter….

Stay tuned!